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World J Hepatol. Nov 27, 2012; 4(11): 299-304
Published online Nov 27, 2012. doi: 10.4254/wjh.v4.i11.299
Day-of-surgery rejection of donors in living donor liver transplantation
Bassem Hegab, Mohamed Rabei Abdelfattah, Ayman Azzam, Hazem Mohamed, Waleed Al Hamoudi, Faisal Aba Alkhail, Hamad Al Bahili, Hatem Khalaf, Mohammed Al Sofayan, Mohammed Al Sebayel
Bassem Hegab, Mohamed Rabei Abdelfattah, Ayman Azzam, Hazem Mohamed, Waleed Al Hamoudi, Faisal Aba Alkhail, Hamad Al Bahili, Hatem Khalaf, Mohammed Al Sofayan, Mohammed Al Sebayel, Department of Liver Transplantation and Hepatobiliary-Pancreatic Surgery, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh 11211, Saudi Arabia
Bassem Hegab, Department of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery and Liver Transplantation, National Liver Institute, University of Menoufiya, Menoufiya 32714, Egypt
Mohamed Rabei Abdelfattah, Ayman Azzam, Department of Hepato-Biliary and Pancreatic Surgery, University of Alexandria, Alexandria 21131, Egypt
Author contributions: Hegab B and Abdelfattah MR analyzed the data and wrote the manuscript; Hegab B, Abdelfattah MR, Azzam A, Mohamed H, Alkhail FA, Al Bahili H, Khalaf H and Al Sofayan M collected the data; Hegab B, Abdelfattah MR, Al Hamoudi W and Al Sebayel M critically reviewed the manuscript, drew correlations between the data and observed clinical outcomes and approved the final manuscript.
Correspondence to: Dr. Bassem Hegab, MBBCh, MSc, PhD, MRCS, Associate professor of Surgery, Assistant Consultant Surgeon, Department of Liver Transplantation and Hepatobiliary-Pancreatic Surgery, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, PO Box 3354, Riyadh 11211, Saudi Arabia. b_hegab@yahoo.com
Telephone: +966-0-552925895 Fax: +966-1-4424817
Received: January 7, 2012
Revised: October 31, 2012
Accepted: November 7, 2012
Published online: November 27, 2012
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